To want to rescue a dog?

[TrollTheRespawnJeremy]

We are lucky enough to be at a point in our life where we'd like our own dog. Can't believe that we don't have one as we both (Dp and I) are from dog mad households.

I have been contacting rescue centres for 10 months and can't even get my foot in the door.
We have a lovely big secure garden. Dd is 6 and very dog/animal savvy as we spend a lot of time on family farm with lots of furry creatures. We have money to throw at adoption/training/vets bills.
I work from home, Dp is a student. Lots of boxes being ticked here.

But every enquiry is met with "You're too far away" (we would literally travel the length of the country for a dog.) or "you sound lovely but rover needs a calm home/other animals/no children"

We are used to animals with behavioural issues as farm dogs were all rescued but it's just not happening.

We are going to start looking at breeders because it's just getting silly.

Things like this break my heart

Must be gone today etc 😥 There is lots of them. Free to good home

Yeah I have rehome Scotland. All the obvious ones that come through Google and some smaller localised- plus some overseas (desperation.)
But some of the smaller localised ones don't have great Seo and so are harder to find/discover.
I'm going to have a good old rummage tonight, if anyone has any other small rescues to add to the list please post the details

We adopted from Battersea London with no issues (actually they were fantastic) and we have two primary age children and another dog. My husband went up (we are about 70/80 miles away), spent the day with her walking her and chatting with the staff and took her home there and then (I think the contribution was about £170 ) I will add that we had spoken on the phone and had references. I do recommend them though. My boss (married, owns own business, can be with dog 24/7, experienced owner) struggled terribly with the Blue Cross for unfathomable reasons. It was like they didn't want to let the dog go!

Greyhound rescue Based in South Yorkshire but they rehome all over the place. I know of a lady who travelled down from Scotland to adopt from Tia. The rescue is always full and has a waiting list of dogs to come in to them, so every dog you adopt make a space for one to come in to the rescue.

Greyhounds made fabulous pets - very loving, loyal and lazy! They don't need a lot of exercise and if you have a secure garden then that would be perfect. The only downside is that they are addictive; take one and a few years later you'll have a houseful...

Salene that's sickening. I wish they could prosecute for blatant disregard of an animals wellbeing

Please, please, please do not take a dog from a pound or a selling site with a 6 year old in the house. There is a good reason rescues are saying no kids for dogs in their care - it's not done for fun. They may have no history on the animal or have seen worrying behaviour that could be managed with adults but less so with kids.

Realistically the type of dogs you are looking for are more likely to come in with issues - collies with herding behaviour leading to nipping or dog aggression, resource guarding spaniels or beagles and generally grumpy terriers. Whether or not you have the experience a rescue is unlikely to place those types of behaviour in a home with young children - the end SK of something going wrong is very high.

If you have your heart set on a rescue then I would look at trying to get a rescue puppy. If you like collies then maybe give www.valgraysbcrescue.org.uk a call to see if they have anything.

Try Munlochy Animal Aid north of Inverness, one to visit in person probably. We have also rehomed dogs from Mrs Murray's with great success.

End SK? That should have been risk! I should add my comments are from the perspective of an all breed rescue and not a specific breed rescue - they may have less problematic more desirable breeds!

Jack Russell free to good home
www.gumtree.com/p/pets/jack-russell-free-to-good-home/1167423521

schnauzer cross
www.gumtree.com/p/pets/schnauzer-cross/1167236600

Fisher I am not fussed about collies, that's just what was on one website proferred.

I'm not going to rush into anything and would take Dd to meet dog and assess etc but I am well aware of the risks as we deal with our wee risks at the farm all the time. If it really was a concern I would consider moving dog from our home to the farm so that proximity to Dd not so great but it's all blether as we've not met 'the one' yet.

Valgrays looks lovely though. So many happy pooches!

Maybe try Perthshire Gundog Rescue, near Kinross?
The dogs are given up for a variety or reasons - from being gun shy and needing a pet home to pets that are too high drive and need a working home.

We got our boy from Many Tears - we're in Yorkshire and collected him from Norfolk. They are excellent and have a real mix

Is dogpages.co.uk still active? There used to be loads advertised on there. You do sound pretty much ideal dog owners.

I'd go against fisherqueen, puppies obviously train yourself and won't have had horrible histories but are way more excitable and more likely to playbite than an older calmer dog you could rescue, either way you just need to make sure you find a suitable dog.

Try the greyhound awareness league based Glasgow west of Scotland they have a variety of dogs for foster and adoption and they are wonderful pets, we have fostered a few

www.gal.org.uk/

Have you looked on www.dogsblog.com ? They have dogs in lots of rescues all over the country

We found our lovely rescue on www.pets4homes.co.uk. Just make sure you select the Adoption option and you will find loads of rescue groups all over the country. Ours is a Romanian rescue, been in UK foster for a couple of months living with other dogs, cats and children with no issues. Been to meet him, about 70 miles away, local home check lady and picking him up this weekend - can't wait!!

Rescue from abroad? My sis lives on the costa blanca and it's not at all unusual for a dog to be re homed in the uk- it's a very " English" part of Spain. She has 2 lovely rescue dogs and tells me that the cost, incl transport is very much the same as re homing in the uk.

(You need to re home the 4 month old fluffy mutt that was on the website last week went I was over there - my little heart was sad that I couldn't take it - some evil bstard had cut its ears off with scissors 😫😡😡😫😡)

Thanks for the dogsblog link! Lots of lovely woods on there

Try the Cinnamon Trust? Cinnamon.org.uk

They rehome dogs that elderly or terminally ill people can't care for anymore.

I am in the Midlands and have an 8yo. We have adopted 2 dogs from Yappy Ever After. They are Midlands based but will rehome nationwide to adopters. They are a foster based rescues and have a mix of overseas and UK rescue dogs. They also rescue dogs offered free on gumtree to stop them ending up as fighting dogs or bait. Fostering gives the opportunity to assess dogs and work out the best type of home environment, they have a Facebook page, have a look. So far as home visit goes, you may be able to get a local rescue to approve you and let them know? I am sure there must be a work around. Good luck.